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University Beporter. 7 HOW JUDGE B BECAME DISTINGUISHED. - It is often said that some men are born to be successful in life; that th ir whole life is fated, and it matters not what course they may prescribe for themselves their success is always assured. If examples were all that were needed to establish the proof of this, the assertion might be easily verified. But if the fatalist idea be passed by, it is not impossible to believe that while the innate qualities of any man necessarily contribute in a measure to the upbuilding of his character, at the same time it must be admitted that the ambition which a man has and the determination with which he seeks to read that towards which his ambition tends are also functions that are of great import ance in the development of his character. These last two seemed to have been peculiar characteristics in J udge George B . As told to me by one who has known him from his youth, his history is briefly as follows: His early days, like those of most great men, were uot spent in any unusual way, and his career was not such as to suggest anything great. His father though a most respectable gentle man had not had the best educational advantages, and probably never had heard of cubes and squares, and the like. Living back, as he was, when the advancement of this country was far from its present state, he is represented as being happy with out being wise, and was as content on his little farm as he would have been in the White House. His plantation was in South west Georgia, and all of his worldly possessions were included in about three hundred acres of land, only one-half of which was in cultivation. This was where the career of young George was begun, and had probably had six years experience with the plow before he learned the alphabet. While he did not object to work, he had begun to manifest a desire to learn something from books. After much begging he finally prevailed on his father to send him to school. The nearest school was Hampton Academy, which was one of those old country high schools so common in this State at that time which contributed so largely to the edu cation of our ancestors. This school was about four miles from